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Old 10-06-20, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Try rotating them so the line of drops goes not level but will bisect the seat-stays at the midpoint. That might be only 10 degrees of rotation and may be a fair compromise. But ultimately your choice should be based on fit/comfort, not aesthetics.
I was a 'level drops' guy for many years, and then was able to adapt to having them point at the dropout, or somewhere in between. The point being to be able to easily access the levers grom tje drops or the hoods. Sometimes adjustments are necessary. Yes, it can look odd, but ......
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
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Beat me to it. Wasn’t he once married to Valerie Bertinelli?
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datlas elaborate on the use of "physician extenders" in the current landscape.

When I was discussing my appointments with with the nurse (see post #439 ), she said something about patients seeing the doctor "once a year."

wut

Contrary to what some here may think, I'm hardly a needy patient. If things were going well, I'd be fine with seeing a doctor zero times a year. But they aren't. And there's no way a nurse should be the primary provider for my drug-resistant RA.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Any thoughts on modern road levers on vintage bend bars?

Like bottom of the drops parallel to the road and the "ramps" angled down 30°ish.

Would anything be really weird ergonomically, do you think? These bars:

The bottoms almost look to be past flat. Could be an illusion.

I got rid of my older bars over the last few months, replacing all 3 with short reach/short drop bars where I'm more comfortable in the drops and the ramp is flat to very slightly down, with the bottoms level or darn near. I find that much more comfortable than the old bars I had on them.
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Originally Posted by big john
Sometimes there are rocks in the road.

Is it even a road anymore?

Does it count as gravel now?

Mountain bike trail?
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Got into SYR later than I thought. Hotel gym is closed, Restaurant is closed. I was going to walk to A cycle shop, Advanced Cycling, but I think I’m just going to have an early dinner and get to bed early. In watertown tomorrow afternoon.
Where's your hotel?

If you had gone to Mello Velo, you could have been at a bike shop and had dinner in the same place.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
He needs to send them down to the Le Roy Casey's off of 74.

Masked / unmasked ratio was, at the time I was in there yesterday evening, 3/8
My wife and I stopped at the Eureka*, IL Casey’s and the patron mask usage was 0% and the cashier had his mask below his nose.

*Ronald Reagan’s alma mater.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Is it even a road anymore?

Does it count as gravel now?

Mountain bike trail?
Yes, it's a road but the last few miles are always closed to cars. It connects to another highway which I have posted several pictures of. They clean it off and more rocks fall but they want it to remain passable as an emergency access. A few years ago a production company made a TV commercial or something up there and they fixed all the holes and it was really nice until more rocks came down.

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Originally Posted by rjones28
Where's your hotel?

If you had gone to Mello Velo, you could have been at a bike shop and had dinner in the same place.

double tree by the airport
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Where's your hotel?

If you had gone to Mello Velo, you could have been at a bike shop and had dinner in the same place.

place looks awesome next time I am here i’ll make a point to stop by.
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The lower slopes of that highway are a screaming descent, or a grueling climb. Bottom to top is 25 miles and 5000 feet. People who love to climb love that road.

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
datlas elaborate on the use of "physician extenders" in the current landscape.

When I was discussing my appointments with with the nurse (see post #439 ), she said something about patients seeing the doctor "once a year."

wut

Contrary to what some here may think, I'm hardly a needy patient. If things were going well, I'd be fine with seeing a doctor zero times a year. But they aren't. And there's no way a nurse should be the primary provider for my drug-resistant RA.
It's becoming the new normal in many areas.

Remember how (maybe you don't, you are young) you went to the dentist and he did all the work, he cleaned your teeth and if you needed a filling he would do it? Now you go to the dentist and 99% of the work is done by the hygienist, and at the very end the dentist comes by for 1 minute to inspect?

That's the same thing that is happening in medicine.

I don't like it but that's happening more and more. Actually in some states the physician extenders can practice totally independently, not even allegedly supervised by a physician. I don't agree.

Imagine if paralegals could practice without a supervising lawyer and say they can do legal work. It's kinda like that.

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We're calling it a day. In theory, we will have at least until 8 tomorrow morning. There will be updates every three hours throughout the night. But the have to stuff is done. Everything on the flat roof disconnected and tied down. Propane tank, water tank, solar water heater, internet tower. The AC compressor is still down from the last scare. We decided to just leave it down through the end of hurticane season. My wood shop pegboards are cleaned off. The inside the house stuff we'll leave, unless things change and we find ourselves in the path of a category 4.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Thank you for pointing out what should have been painfully obvious to everyone.
I beg to differ. That looks like a dirt road to me. Dirt to gravel ratio is about 19:1 based on a quick calculation.
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We're calling it a day. In theory, we will have at least until 8 tomorrow morning. There will be updates every three hours throughout the night. But the have to stuff is done. Everything on the flat roof disconnected and tied down. Propane tank, water tank, solar water heater, internet tower. The AC compressor is still down from the last scare. We decided to just leave it down through the end of hurticane season. My wood shop pegboards are cleaned off. The inside the house stuff we'll leave, unless things change and we find ourselves in the path of a category 4.
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We're calling it a day. In theory, we will have at least until 8 tomorrow morning. There will be updates every three hours throughout the night. But the have to stuff is done. Everything on the flat roof disconnected and tied down. Propane tank, water tank, solar water heater, internet tower. The AC compressor is still down from the last scare. We decided to just leave it down through the end of hurticane season. My wood shop pegboards are cleaned off. The inside the house stuff we'll leave, unless things change and we find ourselves in the path of a category 4.
Life in paradise. Hope the bad stuff misses you!
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
We're calling it a day. In theory, we will have at least until 8 tomorrow morning. There will be updates every three hours throughout the night. But the have to stuff is done. Everything on the flat roof disconnected and tied down. Propane tank, water tank, solar water heater, internet tower. The AC compressor is still down from the last scare. We decided to just leave it down through the end of hurticane season. My wood shop pegboards are cleaned off. The inside the house stuff we'll leave, unless things change and we find ourselves in the path of a category 4.
I Second what Gnome said. Stay safe.
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Originally Posted by datlas
It's becoming the new normal in many areas.
So if I was looking to go to a different witch group, I might end up seeing nurses there, too? How could a patient find out in advance?

Originally Posted by seedsbelize
We're calling it a day. In theory, we will have at least until 8 tomorrow morning.
Yikes. Stay safe.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
I beg to differ. That looks like a dirt road to me. Dirt to gravel ratio is about 19:1 based on a quick calculation.
Anything other than asphalt/concrete does not count as a road cycling road.
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Originally Posted by datlas
It's becoming the new normal in many areas.

Remember how (maybe you don't, you are young) you went to the dentist and he did all the work, he cleaned your teeth and if you needed a filling he would do it? Now you go to the dentist and 99% of the work is done by the hygienist, and at the very end the dentist comes by for 1 minute to inspect?

That's the same thing that is happening in medicine.

I don't like it but that's happening more and more. Actually in some states the physician extenders can practice totally independently, not even allegedly supervised by a physician. I don't agree.

Imagine if paralegals could practice without a supervising lawyer and say they can do legal work. It's kinda like that.

I'm sure this is driven by insurance reimbursement rates. They (Ins. Co.) don't want to pay the high rate guy to do entry level work so they force it to happen by reimbursing in a manner so that the care is delivered in the most cost efficient way. It makes sense as long as it doesn't force the entry level staff to do work above their pay grade. If you were getting a will written you would want the paralegal to paint by numbers and then have attorney review, adjust and revise and take much less time and passing the savings on to you.
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